To: jude24; xzins; blue-duncan
Put it this way - if I were a Navy JAG, and ordered to defend a terrorist, I'd do it to the best of my abilities.If you knew he was guilty (he confessed to you) and he wanted to take the stand in his own defense and you felt that, because he came across as an honest guy, if he testified it might just get him acquited, would you put him on the stand?
32 posted on
10/08/2006 6:27:06 PM PDT by
P-Marlowe
(Why is it that most Calvinists can never give a yes or no answer to a yes or no question?)
To: P-Marlowe
If you knew he was guilty (he confessed to you) and he wanted to take the stand in his own defense and you felt that, because he came across as an honest guy, if he testified it might just get him acquited, would you put him on the stand? No. You know the ethical duty against suborning perjury. My obligation would be to dissuade him, if he refuses to be dissuaded, either seek to be removed as counsel or to report the situation to the Court.
(This stuff's all on the MPRE. Good review, thanks!)
33 posted on
10/08/2006 6:29:33 PM PDT by
jude24
("I will oppose the sword if it's not wielded well, because my enemies are men like me.")
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